The Osceola times., 1887-01-29
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
salient Features OF the Interstate Com.
nsrcs Bnl Passed by Both Houses ol
Congress and Now Awaiting the Presi-
dents signature.

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Congress and Now Awaiting the Presi-
| dents signature.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-The Interstate
Commerce bill, as agreed upon by bcth
Houses of Congress-, provides that all
charges made for any service rendered in
the transportation Of passengers or prop
erty by common carriers shall be
reasonable and just, and every
| unjust and unreasonable charge for such
service is prohibited ami declared TO be
unlawful
Section two makes it unlawful for any
common carrier to charge or receive
directly or indirectly from an persons
| greater or less compensation for any SER
| vice rendered in the transportation of
| passengers or property than 1t charges,
or receives from any other person or per-
sons for doing like and contemporane-
Gus service in the transportation OF like
kind Of traffic under substantially similar
circumstances and conditions.
Section three makes it lawful for any
common carrier TO make or give any undue
or unreasonable preference or advantage
70 any particular person, company, firm,
corporation or locality or any particular
description of traffic
Sections four and Ave (the long and
short haul and pooling sections) are as
follows:
| SECTION T. That II shall be unlawful for any
| common carrier. subject to the provisions OF
| this act, TO charge or receive any greater com
| pensation IN the aggregate for the transporta-
tion of passengers or of like kind OF property
under substantially similar circumstances and
| conditions, for shorter than for q longer dis
| tance over the same line IN the same direction,
the shorter being included within the
| longer distance but this shall not
| be construed as authorizing any common
carrier within the terms OF this act TO charge
| and receive as great compensation for shorter
| a. for longer distance; provided however,
that upon application 10 the commission ap-
pointed under the provisions of this act such
| common carrier may, in special cases, after in
| Yestigation by the commission, De authorized
| to charge less for longer than for shorter dis
| tances for the transportation OF passengers or
| property; and the commission may from time
to time prescribe the extent TO which such
designated common carrier may be relieved
from the operation OF this section OF this act.
SEC s. That IL shall be unlawful for any
| common carrier, subject to the provisions OF
| this act, TO eLte. into any contract, agreement
| or combination with any other common carrier
or carriers for the pooling OF freights OF differ
| ent and competing railroads, or TO divide
between them the aggregate or net proceeds OF
tion thereof; and in any case of agreement for
| the pooling OF frcights aforesaid, each dav Of
Its continuance shall be deemed q separate
| orfensc.
Section six requires that after ninety days
| from the passage of the act every common
carrier subject to its provisions shall have
printed and kept for public inspection
schedules showing rates, fares and
charges, and in addition to requiring the
railroads to give publicity at all of the
depots on their several lines, IT gives au-
thority 10 the commits sion, where it is
proper and necessary, to require them
to give publicity to their rates to other
places beyond the lines of their several
railroads. 1t also provides that the rates,
fares and charges shall not be raised ex
cept after ten days of public notice. but
that they may be reduced without pre-
vious public notice; the notice, however,
shall be simultaneous with the reduction
itself
Section seven makes it unlawful for
any common carrier to enter into any
combination or agreement to prevent the
carriage of freights from being contInu
Gus from the place of destination.
Section eight declares that any common
carrier violating the provisions Of the act
shall be liable to the person or persons in-
iured thereby for the full amount of dam
ages sustained in consequence of any sue
violation, together with a reasonable
counsel or attorneys fees.
The ninth section provides that persons
claiming TO have been damaged by the
action Of common carriers may proceed
| for recovery OF the.r damages either in
| the courts Of the United States or before
the commission, but not before both
tribunals.
The tenth section makes it a penal of
fense to violate any of the provisions Of
this act, and puts the maximum of the
fine which may be imposed at the sum Of
five thousand dollars.
The seven following sections contain the
commission features of the bill They
provide for commission to consist Of five
persons, appointed by the President by,
and with the advice of the Senate, whose
term of Office shall be for six years except
for the first appointments, which are TO
be for two, three, four, five and six years.
Their principal office shall be in Washing.
ton, but they may hold sessions at other
places than Washington, and single
member of the commission may take testi-
mony any where, as may be directed by
the commission These commissioners
have salaries Of 81 800 each The comms
sion has the power to appoint
a secretary with an annual salary
OF $500 and has authority to
employ and fix the compensation of such
other employees as it may find necessary
to the proper performance Of its duties,
subject to the approval OF the Secretary
OF the Interior. II is also provided that
nothing contained in the act shall abridge
the remedies now existing at common law
or by statute.
Section twcnty-three appropriates 800.
go for the purposes OF the act for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1883.
Section twenty-four provides that the
provisions Of the sections relating to the
appointment and organization of the com
mission shall take effect Immediately, aud
that the remaining provisions of the ac.
shall take effect sixty days after its
passage
| The Nebraska Senatorship.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 2l.-Ex-Scnator A. s